New Year's Eve party crashers provoked shooting that killed man in Hawthorne

A shooting that killed a man during a New Year's Eve bash in Hawthorne occurred after party crashers were told to leave, detectives said Wednesday.

Three other people were wounded in the 1 a.m. shooting Tuesday in the 13500 block of Cerise Avenue, sheriff's deputies said.

Detectives were trying to piece together what happened, but said a party was under way in a deep lot between duplexes. The party hosts pitched a tent and had a disc jockey, sheriff's Lt. Dave Coleman said.

Some party crashers attempted to join the bash and were told to leave. It was unclear who opened fire, whether there was an exchange of gunfire, and if those wounded were guests or crashers, deputies said.

When Hawthorne police arrived, most of the people attending the party were gone, Coleman said.

Hawthorne police stopped a vehicle speeding from the scene. The occupants were taking a wounded victim to the hospital. He was later pronounced dead. His name has not been released.

A friend took another victim to a hospital, and two others went by ambulance. The three wounded people were expected to survive.

The Sheriff's Department homicide team is assisting Hawthorne police with the investigation.